#388F7F#388F7F

#388F7F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.087 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#388F7F
RGB	rgb(56, 143, 127)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(169, 61%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 11.2%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.04, -30.03, 0.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.04, 30.04, 178.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% -0.0868 0.0016)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.087 179)
XYZ	xyz(15.2824, 22.0164, 23.5188)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#388F7F #8F3848

analogous

#388F54 #388F7F #38748F

triadic

#388F7F #7F388F #8F7F38

tetradic

#388F7F #54388F #8F3848 #748F38

square

#388F7F #54388F #8F3848 #748F38

split-complementary

#388F7F #8F3874 #8F5438

monochromatic

#163731 #276358 #388F7F #4BB9A5 #77CABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#388F7F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#388F7F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #388F7F

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##388F7F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##388F7F	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89877E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7D80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #388f7f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 143, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.087 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78b0a4',
    500: '#388f7f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #388f7f;
$custom-light: #78b0a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#388f7f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.966,
    "s": 43.719,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59292,
    "c": 0.0868,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.22018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#388F7F

secondary

#B3707C

accent

#546CD3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EEF5F4

border

#C9CFCE

text

#0A100F

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #388F7F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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